Ruby on Rails 2.0 has been released. "Rails 2.0 is finally finished after about a year in the making. This is a fantastic release that's absolutely stuffed with great new features, loads of fixes, and an incredible amount of polish. We've even taken a fair bit of cruft out to make the whole package more coherent and lean." On Zenbits, they give tips on how to install 2.0.

Trust me, coding in Qt is nothing like coding in regular C++. It's like a whole different language.

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I find these comments interesting. It suggests to me that coding the interface can be such a pain that it overrides considerations as to what language is best for solving that actual problems. In general, I prefer a dynamically typed, interpreted or byte code language for... well... most everything. It is a pity that with web apps, the pain and general suckiness of coding the user interface itself overshadows the actual problem to be solved.